“You can control your Asthma” is the theme of World Asthma Day that falls on the first Tuesday of May month.   Signs and Symptoms of Asthma:       1. Breathlessness, Wheezing.2. Sweating all over the body.   3. Cough in paroxysms.      4. Breath taking becomes very difficult by the patient.      5. Patient finds difficult to get sleep in the nights.    6. Chest tightness or pain is present. Causes of Asthma: 1. It comes due to allergy.   2. It occurs as a hereditary disease      3. It occurs due to dust and also congested places      4. Food also causes allergy and Asthma occurs due to that allergy food.    5. Asthma is more in winter season and also occurs between the winter and summer season (at the time seasonal change). Incidence: 1. Asthma is present through out the world.    2. There is no age bar 3. There are 300 million people are suffering from Asthma in the world. It may reach to 400 million by 2025. 4. There are 40 million people suffering from Asthma in India. 5. One death is due to Asthma out of 250 deaths. It is not a life threatening disease. It can be controlled by taking certain precautions.       Precautions to be taken to avoid Asthma: 1. Keep the surroundings neat and clean.2. Keep your bed and clothes in cleaned condition and keep them separately.     3. Avoid ice creams, cool drinks and cool water which kept in refrigerator.4. Take precautions while going to winter places during summer season.      Mechanism: First of all, there is swelling in the layers of air tubes of respiratory system due to allergy in Asthma. The … [Read more...]